ABOVE:
"My nose is above my mouth: overhead, upstream, upstairs, higher than, in addition, more than, in a preceding part of a book"

ACROSS:
"We go across the Channel to get to France: from side to side, making angles with, on the other side of"

ALMOST:
"If you almost do something, you nearly do it: all but, as the nearest thing to"

AL0NG:
"I walk along Wimborne Road: from end to end, through any part of the length, with a person"

ALSO:
"I have a sister and also a brother: in addition, besides"

ALWAYS:
"It always rains when I go on holiday: every time, at all times, on all occasions, whatever the circumstances"

ANIMALS:
"An animal is anything that is living and can move; animals is the plural - one animal, two animals."

ANY:
"Have you any sweets? One or some, no matter which, at all, in some degree"

AROUND:
"There are walls around the room: on every side, in every direction,round, round about, near at hand, approximately"

ASKED:
"If you ask someone something you want to know the answer to a question: ask, asking, asked."

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